Depending on the AI tool in question, and the level of control it offers the human, there can definitely be a human behind the message, even if the final output

Depending on the AI tool in question, and the level of control it offers the human, there can definitely be a human behind the message, even if the final output is AI generated, the human had a creative vision and used the available tools to make it happen. It's no different than using Photoshop. Unless you only consider art done with oil and on a canvas to be the "real thing."